Case Studies

The importance of technology in education is undeniable. But how do you effectively implement technology to maximise learning potential?

Read the following case studies and discover how HP helped schools find intelligent solutions to accelerate learning, increase flexibility, and cut costs.

Grace Lutheran College students take full advantage of federal grant with HP technology

Last year Grace Lutheran successfully applied for a grant in Round One of the Federal Government’s National Secondary Schools’ Computer Fund. The College based its application on a strategic plan aimed at maximising the potential impact that installing additional computers might have on teaching and learning.

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HP solution lightens the load for IT Manager at Padua College

The distributed nature of the schools IT resources meant that Greg Scott, the school’s IT Manager, was constantly running all over the College to attend to computer issues. He would travel from classroom to classroom to fix problems with PCs or perform maintenance tasks. The PCs were often unintentionally damaged or disconnected in the boisterous environment of a boys’ school, adding to his heavy workload.

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HP solution brings variety and mobility to learning at St Hilda’s

For today’s school students, the so-called digital natives who have grown up with technology, the ‘chalk and talk’ approach alone no longer makes the grade. In order to properly equip school students with the analytical tools and skills they will need in later life, St Hilda’s Anglican School is committed to integrating advanced technologies with the school curriculum in order to fully engage and educate students and prepare them for a productive future.

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Move to HP IT infrastructure brings learning to life at Ballarat Grammar

As a school that strives for excellence, Ballarat Grammar recognises that having an ICT environment that supports the learning requirements of students – and satisfies teachers and parents – is vital.

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Kincoppal-Rose Bay School ensures education and business continuity with HP disaster recovery solutions

Like many well managed, popular and contemporary schools, Kincoppal-Rose Bay provides an education experience for students and parents that incorporates the use of new technologies.

Students and teachers need to have access to rich media content and technologies such as video editing tools, MP3 audio and data both in the classroom, and for boarders, in the boarding school bedrooms where they reside.

In this modern and ultra-connected environment, the need for a seamless education experience is paramount. The appropriate connectivity, speed, equipment performance and storage are all expected to ‘just work’. And because the education experience is time critical, students and teachers especially require this experience to work whenever they need it to.

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HP Thin clients simplify life at Central Coast Grammar School

For the past few years, Central Coast Grammar School has focused heavily on investing in IT infrastructure and in helping the 10-strong team of IT professionals at the school to provide the best support possible to its 1,200 students.

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HP solution cuts costs and gives Luther College room to grow

With the school population continuing to grow, and a new middle school under construction, Luther’s existing IT infrastructure – a distributed desktop PC environment and hundreds of laptops – was becoming too difficult to manage. There were concerns about the cost efficiency of the existing system, a lack of flexibility, and security risks. After looking at a range of options, the decision was made to move from the existing IT infrastructure to a HP remote client solution, allowing IT to be centrally managed at the school.

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Top marks as HP delivers for WA education

The Western Australian Department of Education (WADE) was tasked with simplifying and improving the efficiency of the existing statewide IT Service Management (ITSM) operations, as well as increasing the available and uptake of technology and services. With the task proving an insurmountable challenge, HP was enlisted to help smooth the way with a host of software integration modules.

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NZ School gets clever with IT recycling

Marlborough Girls College and HP worked together to achieve their environmental goals.

When Marlborough Girls College faced the challenge of removing and disposing of a substantial amount of obsolete hardware, they turned to HP and HP’s Planet Partners Hardware Return and Recycling Programme.

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All Hallows’ School

Brisbane Based All Hallows’ School was looking to provide all pupils with increased access to PC’s. The aim was to get them more involved in the learning process by giving them alternative and varied access to information resources. Pocket PCs were the answer.

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Australian Film Television and Radio School

Creativity and quality are key values for Australia’s premier training institution for film, broadcast and digital media, the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS). At the epicentre is the Digital Media Department which provides visual effects, animation, titles and broadcast design for all students productions. Providing the digital firepower for high-demand, high-performance computing are 10 HP xw6000 Workstations, working 24/7.

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Central Queensland University Turns to HP for Information Lifecycle Management Solution

Central Queensland University purchased a HP StorageWorks Reference Information Storage System (RISS), joining a growing group of leading Australian organisations that have selected HP’s Information Lifecycle Management solution and roadmap.

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De La Salle College subtracts IT issues by adding HP Thin Clients

For the small, independent senior school, De La Salle College in Cronulla, getting control of its desktops and providing a consistent and reliable computing environment was a property for teaching staff who had become increasingly tied up with IT support, taking them away from their teaching role.

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Gayndah State High School

With more than 35,000 teachers, 1,286 schools and over 490,000 students, the Queensland Department of Education and the Arts is responsible for a massive community that is dispersed over vast geographical distances. The department now has 800 teachers using HP iPAQs as part of an initiative called the ICT Explorers Project.

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Handheld computers improve results and get students more excited about learning at Gosford Christian School

Access to computers has become fundamental to education even at the primary level. For most schools, providing this access has meant either fitting out labs of computers or providing notebook PCs for students to purchase or hire. However Gosford Christian School, a 700-student institution, has found a better solution with a much different approach based on smaller, handheld computers.

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Hills Grammar School gets top marks for IT Project

Hills Grammar, an independent, co-educational school in northern Sydney, undertook the largest single infrastructure upgrade in the school’s 20 year history. Working with its technology partner Accucom, the project involved an entire HP ProLiant server infrastructure upgrade and the roll-out of more than 40 new HP desktops to accommodation the school’s rapid growth and increasing reliance on computing in every part of the curriculum and school business.

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San Jose State University, USA, students learn mobile computing first-hand with HP

San Jose State University wanted tio explore ways in which it could more closely engage with the local community and businesses to expand their students’ learning opportunities.

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HP Compaq Tablet PCs transform classes at the University of Virginia, USA, in pilot study

In the past generation, technology has transformed higher education. The vast majority of college students bring computers to campus, and many of them are adept users. Professors often make a course syllabus available online; some go as far as to put up a course website with required readings and contact information. So, the University of Virginia participated in a pilot study, designed to put truly portable technology into the hands of students, and to facilitate its use in learning.

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HP Compaq desktop, notebook PCs magnify bang for buck at Highline Public Schools (Washington State, USA)

When Mark Finstrom took over as Director of Technology Services for Highline Public Schools in Washington state, he quickly developed three priorities: simplify, standardise and save.

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Colorado high school moves students ahead of the pack

Smoky Hill High School, in Aurora, Colorado, USA, wanted to better prepare its students for college and careers in digital media. They needed powerful, reliable computing performance, so turned to HPs workstation range.

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